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William Penn Palmer

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William Penn Palmer

Birth
Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
Death
9 Jan 1930 (aged 80)
Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Telephone Register, McMinnville, Oregon, Thursday, January 16, 1930

WILLIAM PALMER, DAYTON PIONEER, DIES THURSDAY

DAYTON, Jan. 13 – William P. Palmer was born at Oregon City, Ore., Dec. 27, 1849, and died at his home in Dayton Jan. 9, 1930, at the age of 80 years and 13 days.

Mr. Palmer was married to Alice Robertson in 1870. He had lived all but a few years of his life in Dayton on his father's donation land claim, of which the town of Dayton is a part. He was the son of the late General Joel and Sarah A. Palmer.

His father, in 1850, laid out the townsite of Dayton and in the center of this townsite set apart one entire block for use as a public park and also donated the ground where the Brookside cemetery is located.

Mr. Palmer is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Mildred Engstrom, Miss Gertrude Palmer and Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan and one grandchild, all of Dayton. A brother lives at Cottage Grove.

Funeral services were held at his home at 10:30 Saturday morning.
Telephone Register, McMinnville, Oregon, Thursday, January 16, 1930

WILLIAM PALMER, DAYTON PIONEER, DIES THURSDAY

DAYTON, Jan. 13 – William P. Palmer was born at Oregon City, Ore., Dec. 27, 1849, and died at his home in Dayton Jan. 9, 1930, at the age of 80 years and 13 days.

Mr. Palmer was married to Alice Robertson in 1870. He had lived all but a few years of his life in Dayton on his father's donation land claim, of which the town of Dayton is a part. He was the son of the late General Joel and Sarah A. Palmer.

His father, in 1850, laid out the townsite of Dayton and in the center of this townsite set apart one entire block for use as a public park and also donated the ground where the Brookside cemetery is located.

Mr. Palmer is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Mildred Engstrom, Miss Gertrude Palmer and Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan and one grandchild, all of Dayton. A brother lives at Cottage Grove.

Funeral services were held at his home at 10:30 Saturday morning.


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